Israeli politicians warn about 'Pollard festival' in celebration of Israeli spy - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Afif Abu Much

Afif Abu Much

Nov 30, 2020

Jonathan Pollard, the American convicted of spying for Israel, leaves a New York courthouse following his release from prison early after 30 years on Nov. 20, 2015, in New York, New York. — Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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Convicted spy Pollard welcomed to Israel by Netanyahu

Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

Palestinian women hold pictures of jailed relatives during a protest marking "Palestinian Prisoners Day" in the West Bank town of Ramallah April 17, 2007. The women were calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Monday that Marwan Barghouthi, a Palestinian uprising leader, is on a list of prisoners the Hamas movement demands Israel release in exchange for a captive soldier. REUTERS/Oleg Popov (WEST BANK) - RTR1OPVW

Both Pollard, Barghouti should be released

Akiva Eldar

Pollard and Vanunu: A tale of two spies

Akiva Eldar

Israelis hold placards during a protest calling for the release of Jonathan Pollard from a U.S. prison, outside U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's hotel in Jerusalem January 2, 2014. Kerry began his 10th visit to the region on Thursday in pursuit of an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. Pollard, a former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst, has been serving a life sentence in the United States since he was caught spying for Israel in the 1980s. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX170

The case for releasing Pollard

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense